Construction of pavements



(No Model.)

I. L. LANDIS.

CONSTRUCTION, OF PAVEMENTS.

No. 388,694. f Patented Aug.2 8,1 888 J WJZIZV'ESSES, [imam 2'02,

NITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

ISRAEL L. LANDIS, or LANCASTER,PENNSYLVANIA.

CONSTRUCTION OF PAVEMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,694, dated August 28, 1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL L. LANDIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in theeounty of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Pavements, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvementsin the construction of street-pavements; and it has for its objects to provide for binding the bricks constituting the pavement sceurely in place upon their bed and to form a neat and inexpensive facing at the junction of the gutter and pavement, as more fully here lnafter specified. These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Flgnre 1 represents a plan view of a streetpavement,showing my invention in connection therewith; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical sectlonal View of a modification of my invention. Fig. 3 represents a view showing a modificat on of the means of fastening the connectingllnks to the binding-plates, and Fig. 4 a perspective view of a sleeve to be used in connection with the binding-plates.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates the bricks or concrete constituting the surface of the pavement, and B the bed thereof.

0 lndicates two metallic plates, which are placed on opposite sides of the pavement and bed, so as to bear against and confine the same. To the plates are secured inwardly or rearward] y extending links D, which serve in connection with a tie'link, E, to draw the plates toward each other, and thus bind the bricks of the pavement compactly and securely.

The connecting-link, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, consists of a flat bar of metal having a series of perforations, into which the hooked ends of the links D may be engaged, and the said link is provided with an eye at one end and an extension, d, forming a handle by which the said link may be manipulated to draw the plates G together. This is accomplished by engaging the hooked ends of the respective links D in two of the apertures in the connecting-link while the same is parallel with the said links D, and then turning the said connecting-link to a position at right angles to the said links, causing it to act as a lever and draw the said links toward each other with great force, so as to bind the pavement and its bed between the plates. When the plates are drawn together to the utmost, the parts are locked securely by driving a stake through the eye of the connecting-link into the ground orbed of the pavement, as shown.

In the modification shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings the connecting-link is perforated, as before, but it is provided with a hooked extension, (2. In this instance one of the links D is flattened at its inner end and is provided with a series of perforations, the correspond ing link being hooked or bent at its end, as before mentioned. The said links in this lastmentioned modification are connected by passing the hooked end of one of the links D into one of the apertures in the connecting or tie link and passing the hooked end of said tielink into one of the apertures in the opposite link D. When thus connected, the plates are forcibly drawn together by twisting the tielink by any suitable means, and when fully brought to the edges of the pavement the whole is secured by driving a stake at one side of the twisted tie'link, so as to prevent it from untwisting.

The links D may be secured to the bindingplates in any convenient manner, preferably, however, by means of the heads a, formed on their outer en ds,the links being passed through apertures in the binding-plates. \Vhen, however, it is inconvenient or impracticable to form apertures in the binding-plates, the links D may be secured thereto by means of clutchlinks F, which are bent at their ends, so as to engage the edges of the binding-plates, and at their centers, soas to be engaged by the ends of the links D, which are booked for the purpose, as shown in the drawings. The said link may be in the form of a sleeve, and may set over the adjoining ends of the rails so as to cover the joint between the same.

From the above description it will be evident that the pavement may be firmly secured within its bounds in a cheap and expeditious manner without the aid of skilled labor.

In order that the binding-plates may fit neatly to the edge of the gutter, the lower edges of said plates may be curved outwardly, as

shown, and rested upon blocks suitably laid -in the bed.

7 It is evident that the connecting or tie link, instead of being formed,as described,with perforations to engage the hooked links, may be made in various other ways, so as to engage such hooked ends. For instance, it may be constructed in'the form of a corrugated bar,

" the hooked ends of the links D being engaged in the corrugations on opposite sides of the same, or the bar may be formed with short transverse slots on opposite sides to engage the hooked ends of the said links D, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

' Having thus described my iuventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination, with the binding-plates of a street-pavement, of the inwardly-extending links and a connecting tie-link whereby the parts may be forcibly drawn together and locked, substantially as specified.

sleeve and connected with each other by tie- 7 links, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL L. LANDIS.

Witnesses:

SOHUYLER DURYEE, CHAS. D. J cs1. 

